Use GetCredentialsForIdentity with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon Cognito
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Use GetCredentialsForIdentity with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code example shows how to use GetCredentialsForIdentity.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

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import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cognitoidentity.CognitoIdentityClient; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cognitoidentity.model.GetCredentialsForIdentityRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cognitoidentity.model.GetCredentialsForIdentityResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cognitoidentityprovider.model.CognitoIdentityProviderException; /** * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development * environment, including your credentials. * * For more information, see the following documentation topic: * * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html */ public class GetIdentityCredentials { public static void main(String[] args) { final String usage = """ Usage: <identityId>\s Where: identityId - The Id of an existing identity in the format REGION:GUID. """; if (args.length != 1) { System.out.println(usage); System.exit(1); } String identityId = args[0]; CognitoIdentityClient cognitoClient = CognitoIdentityClient.builder() .region(Region.US_EAST_1) .build(); getCredsForIdentity(cognitoClient, identityId); cognitoClient.close(); } public static void getCredsForIdentity(CognitoIdentityClient cognitoClient, String identityId) { try { GetCredentialsForIdentityRequest getCredentialsForIdentityRequest = GetCredentialsForIdentityRequest .builder() .identityId(identityId) .build(); GetCredentialsForIdentityResponse response = cognitoClient .getCredentialsForIdentity(getCredentialsForIdentityRequest); System.out.println( "Identity ID " + response.identityId() + ", Access key ID " + response.credentials().accessKeyId()); } catch (CognitoIdentityProviderException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } } }

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